I am explaining the meaning of some Russian nicknames used in these two Masquerade tournaments:

1. barnaley is a play of words between Barmaley, a fictional evil character from Russian poems, and "bar" (pub) with "naley" (pour me a drink).

2. in100gramm is a play of words between instagram.com and "100 gramm," which is pronounced as "sto gram" and denotes 100 g, obviously of vodka.

3. xep0k0nu9l is an attempt to imitate Cyrillic letters; the result is херокопия, which is pronounced as "kherokopia" and is a play of words between "kserokopia" (photo copy) and "kher" (d*ck).

4. vmestomebeli is the Russian expression "vmesto mebeli," literally meaning "instead of furniture" or "playing the role of furniture"; this is a rare Russian idiom meaning someone who does not interfere with actions occurring in his close proximity, for example, "- Why did he not raise any objections during the meeting? - I do not know, he just played the role of furniture there." In the context of a gomoku tournament, a possible interpretation is a player whose performance almost does not influence the table of the results.

5. rediskobol is hard to interpet, but rediska is a Russian word denoting radish and is also an old-fashioned Soviet-Russian slang for a man who does nasty things, and -bol is a funny Russian ending apparently not having any clear meaning, e.g., "balabol" (someone who talks a lot but does not provide valuable information) or "pizdabol" (someone who does not keep his promises, lies, or simply does not care whether what he says is true). Mikhail Kozhin, the owner of the nickname, stated that he primarily meant a combination of "rediska" and "diskobol" (the Discobolus of Myron) and that another meaning was the combination of the English prefix re- with "diskobol".

6. davaylama is a play of words between "Dalai lama" (the spiritual leader of Tibet) and "Davay, lama" ("come on, lama", or "play, lama").

7. feya1 is simply the Russian word "feya" and the number 1. The word "feya" denotes a fairy and is also a rare Russian slang for a prostitute.

8. deadmoroz is a play of words between the English word "dead" and the Russian expression "Ded Moroz," which denotes Santa Claus and literally means "Grandfather Frost."

9. pizzabezsyra is "pizza bez syra," which means "a pizza without cheese" and apparently denotes something that lacks its essential component and is thus an oxymoron, like a laptop without a display or a restaurant without a cook.

10. hitropopiel is a combination of words "hitryi" (cunning) and "Popiel," Lamaza's surname.

11. cmpunmu3ep is another attempt to imitate Cytillic letters; the result is стриптизер, a male strip tease performer.

12. clushazewusha is a combination of "klusha," a clumsy woman, and "zevusha," a female who often makes blunders.

13. 3accblxa is another attempt to imitate Cytillic letters; the result is "зассыха", which literally means a female who easily gets afraid to the extent of being unable to control her own bladder.

14. nemyx2017 is another attempt to imitate Cyrillic letters; the result is петух2017, where the Russian word "петух" denotes a rooster and is also a very well-known Russian prison slang for a bottom gay.

15. cucarecu is an imitation of a rooster's sound in the Russian language.

A couple of nicknames that are both non-English and non-Russian:

16. gomotaku is a combination of "gomoku" and the Japanese word "otaku," which denotes someone with an obsessive interest, usually an anime fan. Thus, gomotaku can be interpreted as a gomoku addict.

17. golodupcov looks like a Polish surname composed of the Polish words "goły" (naked, not covered) and "dupa" (ass), literally meaning someone whose ass is not covered by his clothing. However, the suffix -ov is not common in Poland, but is very common in Russia, but dupa is not a Russian word. The Russian equivalent of that surname is Golozadov.